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Report on Reason

By Devika Girish
April 19, 2019
Fear is not an option: Anand Patwardhan's essay film traces the pattern of political and sectarian violence across the modern history of India

Interview: Andrés Duque

By Manu Yáñez Murillo
April 18, 2019
Borderlands: Karelia: International with Monument portrays an ancient culture being crushed by a repressive state

Interview: Miko Revereza

By Jordan Cronk
April 18, 2019
Running on empty: No Data Plan frames a three-day train journey as a microcosm of the immigrant experience

The Film Comment Podcast: Claire Denis and Robert Pattinson

By Nicolas Rapold
April 17, 2019
Primal scene: the filmmaker and her star sit down to discuss their remarkable new film High Life

Surface Funk: On Manny Farber

By Kelly Reichardt
April 17, 2019
Burrowing in: the director of Certain Women reflects on the abiding influence of Farber's writing and “termite art”

Feeling Seen: Mi familia

By Carlos Valladares
April 16, 2019
Learning to see: a reflection on a family's complex relationship with moving images

Playlist: Ennio Morricone

By Clinton Krute
April 15, 2019
Sensing a theme: listen to two curated mixes drawn from the composer's expansive body of work

News to Me: Béla Tarr, Věra Chytilová, and Seymour Cassel

By Film Comment
April 15, 2019
The face I dreamt of: Her Smell, Oliver Reed, and guides to the streaming boom

Interview: Rashid Johnson

By Tayler Montague
April 12, 2019
Son of man: the director of Native Son on bringing the iconic novel to the screen

Film of the Week: Long Day’s Journey Into Night

By Jonathan Romney
April 12, 2019
In dreams: Bi Gan's noir fable abandons narrative transparency in favor of a poetic dream logic